...business insight and controls are limited

Sage offers a suite of products for businesses of all sizes and types, but growing companies that use their entry-level software packages typically run into system limitations. These limitations hold back future growth aspirations. In addition, other Sage users may have concerns over their solution’s future roadmap. If you pay annual maintenance fees for a system that no longer delivers the innovation needed to support your business and your people’s changing needs, it’s time to find software that can.

Businesses choose an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to manage their financials and operations, as well as provide the insight needed to leverage the activities that promote a healthy bottom line. If you can't:

see how profitable you are in real time

identify your most profitable products or customers

determine what your margins are (before the end of each month)

...then you're missing the clear insight you need to outpace your competition.
This series of blogs is dedicated to addressing the business challenges companies like yours face when they're outgrowing their entry-level Sage solution or are paying annual maintenance fees for a system that no longer delivers the innovation needed to support business and its changing needs.
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Business Challenge #4: Business insight and controls are limited.

You need a 360 degree view of your business. You need the control to make meaningful decisions that will continue your successful growth.

​If your team has resorted to spreadsheets and other software programs to handle important data, you open the doors to risk. Redundant data entry and manual calculations can lead to mistakes. This further delays data analysis, leaving you with old, inaccurate data that sends you in the wrong direction. You may have volumes of data, but if it’s spread out in disparate software programs and you can't decipher what the data means, it's not doing you any good.
​Former Sage 200 customer, NCFE, upgraded to Microsoft Dynamics ERP and now has fewer administrative tasks to carry out (not to mention more powerful reporting). NCFEs accountants estimate they’ve not only saved 1.5 days a month on reporting, but they’re also getting better, more incisive reports. Credit control is better too, because the accounts team can now efficiently manage credit control through Microsoft Dynamics CRM, which improves cash flow.
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We were able to remove more than 100 spreadsheets on just one project. - Rory McKeand, Project Lead

A business solution from Microsoft offers a full view of your operations – from the front office to the back warehouse. Manage financials, manufacturing, supply chain, inventory, human resources and payroll, and other core business functions from a single ERP solution. In addition, powerful business intelligence offered in Microsoft Dynamics ERP provides the insight you need to improve productivity, profitability, and drive growth.

Learn who your top customers are and which products sell the best (or least). Analyze budgets, compare estimated and actual project costs, and use accurate, financial data to boost sales and profit margins, as well as provide unsurpassed customer service. Get the real time insight and control you need without the cost, complexity and risk that can come with a traditional ERP implementation.

Join us next week when we explore the fifth business challenge in our series: "How to Take Advantage of Everything the Cloud Has To Offer." Until then,test drive a business solution from Microsoft. It’s easier and more affordable than you might think. This blog series addresses some of the common problems businesses like yours are experiencing with Sage software and how a business solution from Microsoft helps keep you on the path of growth. If you missed the previous postings, you can view them here: